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Century Communities Foundation at a glance

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Century Communities Foundation

Its FY2025 filing reports that it funds preselected organizations and did not take unsolicited requests; check the foundation's own site before ruling it out.

$609k
Granted FY2025still arriving
13
Grants FY2025still arriving
4
States reached
$150k
Largest
01What it fundsRead
02The needRead
03Its granteesRead
04Its fieldRead
05Through PlinthRead
01What it funds
01100% classified

What it funded, over time

Every grant placed by its stated purpose and the recipient’s mission, by year, FY2022 to 2024.

Health$177kEducation$115kArts & Culture$54kHuman Services$45kPhilanthropy$43kInternational$35kEnvironment$25kCommunity Improvement$20kOther$0
02FY2025 · 13 grants

Where the money goes

Grants by size, and the largest recipients.

By grant size · FY2025

  • Under $10k1 grant · $3k
  • $10k–50k9 grants · $197k
  • $50k–250k3 grants · $410k
$30,000
Median grant
4
States reached
$7.3M
Total assets
Largest grants
RecipientAmount
CHILDRENS HOSPITAL COLORADO$150,000
ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION$150,000
UNIVERSITY OF DENVER$110,000
COLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST$45,000
OLYMPIA COMPANIES SH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION$35,000
AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC$34,255
LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION DBA THE MIZEL INSTITUTE$30,000
DENVER ART MUSEUM$12,500
ALL SOULS CATHOLIC PARISH (ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER)$10,000
LONE TREE ARTS CENTER FUND$10,000
MOREAU CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL$10,000
HIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY$10,000
BONNIE BRAE CLASSIC FOUNDATION$2,500
02The need
03

Does the money reach high-need areas?

Each grant placed by the hardship in its grantee’s ZIP, against the area’s typical level.

show:

Its human-services grants (FY22–24, $34k) land where the poverty rate runs at 12%, against an area that typically sits at 8%. 100% of those dollars go to grantees based in above-average-need neighborhoods. Most of its grants land in higher-need ZIPs.

area typical 8%Wounded Warrior Project Inc: $10k → 14%DENVER CHILDREN'S FOUNDATION: $20k → 12%Crowns of Courage: $4k → 11%0%20%40%50%more need →
grant to an above-average-need area below average· circle size = grant amount
How this is measured
Matched: human-services grants are those whose grantee’s IRS cause code is Human Services. Placed by people below the poverty line in the grantee’s ZIP, averaged from the tracts in that ZIP.

Which US states its grants reach

ID
NY
CA
CO
VA
DE
AZ
TX
FL
How this is measured
US grants placed by each grantee’s ZIP, which can differ from where services are delivered. Need from public data (U.S. Census/ACS, CDC PLACES, Eviction Lab, USDA), shown as context about the area, never attributed to the funder’s giving.
04

Where the work is directed

The same grants placed two ways: where each recipient sits, and where its stated purpose sends the money.

About 9% of Century Communities Foundation’s grant dollars are earmarked for a different county than the recipient’s own address.

Century Communities Foundationlessmore of its giving
Placed by recipient address
How this is measured
Recipient view: each grant at its grantee’s ZIP, mapped to a county. Directed view: each grant at the county its stated purpose names, falling back to the recipient’s county when the purpose names no place; US grants only. A county shows only if it carries the top 95% of that view’s dollars. Purposes are read from the funder’s own 990 grant descriptions.
03Its grantees
repeat funding

Who it funds again

Organizations funded in more than one year, against those funded once.

75%of every dollar goes to organizations it has funded before.
$801k · 10 repeat orgs$267k to everyone else

Grantees it renews have grown median revenue +2% since the first grant, against 0% for those funded once.

10 repeat relationships: 7 still active in FY2025, 3 since wound down; 5 grantees were first funded in FY2025 (too recent to call).

How the two cohorts compare

Re-uppedFunded once

Organizations

10
13

Total granted

$801k
$89k

Median revenue growth · since first grant

+2%
0%

Still filing today

70%
85%

New vs renewed · share of each year

In FY2025, 69% of grant dollars renewed an existing relationship; $178k went to new ones.

50%100%’22’23’24’25
RenewedFirst-time

Where new relationships form · theme of each grantee’s first grant

’22’23’24’25
Arts & CultureHealthHuman ServicesEducationHousing & ShelterFood & NutritionOther
How this is measured
First-time means a grantee’s first year in the filing window; renewed means funded in an earlier year too. The renewed share climbs naturally as a portfolio matures, so the signal is a year that bucks it (a wave of new grantees). The earliest year is left-censored: relationships that predate the data read as new. Theme is the grantee’s IRS cause.

Backed again, and grew

  • AF
    ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION
    3× · 2023–2025 · $235k · revenue +38%
  • SR
    SCHWEIGER RANCH FOUNDATION
    3× · 2022–2024 · $36k · revenue +2%
  • LG
    LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION
    2× · 2022–2023 · $20k · revenue +30%

Funded once

  • TD
    The Denver Children's Foundationgraduated
    one grant, 2022 · $20k · revenue +35%
  • WOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC
    one grant, 2024 · $10k · revenue +12%
  • CO
    City of Lone Tree
    one grant, 2022 · $10k
How this is measured

Repeat means funded in two or more distinct years. Growth and survival are read from each grantee’s own subsequent IRS filings.

04Its field

Closest unfunded matches

The nonprofits that most resemble its grantees but are not funded by it, scored along the direction from the rest of the field toward the portfolio. A resemblance in what they say they do, not a recommendation.

1
Colorado Open Lands

Colorado open lands' mission is to preserve the significant open lands and natural heritage of colorado through private and public partnerships, innovative land conservation, and strategic leadership.

Environment
2
Colorado Gives Foundation

We connect people, ideas, and nonprofits to make good happen. our vision is that all of jeffco is thriving.

Philanthropy
3
The Colorado Health Foundation
Health
4
Philanthropy Colorado

Philanthropy colorado is a nonprofit membership association for grantmakers throughout the state. its mission is strengthen colorado communities by bringing people, information and resources together.

Philanthropy
5
Denver Zoological Foundation

Inspiring communities to save wildlife for future generations.

Animals
6
Center for Improving Value in Health Care

To equip partners and communities in colorado and across the nation with the resources, services and unbiased data needed to improve health and health care. we help communities, organizations and individuals identify opportunities to…

Health
7
The Colorado Parks Foundation Inc
Recreation & Sports
8
Colorado Children's Campaign

The colorado children's campaign relentlessly champions the needs of children. we leverage data, research, and relationships to unapologetically advocate for kids, fighting for a brighter, more equitable future for every child in colorado.…

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9
American Society of Clinical Oncology Inc

See schedule o:asco is a professional oncology society committed to conquering cancer through research, education, and promotion of the highest quality patient care.

Health
10
Colorado Legal Services

To provide meaningful access to high quality, civil legal services in the pursuit of justice for as many low income persons and members of vulnerable populations throughout colorado as possible.

Crime & Legal
11
Children's Hospital Colorado

To improve the health of children through the provision of high-quality, coordinated programs of patient care, education, research and advocacy.

Health
12
Colorado Longitudinal Study

Advancing the health of people through advancing the science of medicine. the colorado longitudinal study (cols) is building the world's most comprehensive longitudinal collection of biological specimens matched with clinical health and…

Education
How this is measured
The grantee most central to the portfolio’s shape is American Online Giving Foundation Inc; the most unlike its peers is Douglas County Open Space Initiative. Resemblance is measured on each organization’s own IRS 990 mission text; it reflects how work is described, not its quality or impact.
05the grantee network

22 grantees tracked through their own filings, 2017–2026.

Each grant beside the grantee’s revenue from every source, year by year.

How this is measured

Counted here: distinct organizations funded across 2017 to 2026, not grant rows in a single year, so this will not match the grant count on the cover. 22 of the 29 grantees resolved in that span have returns of their own we could reconcile.

Each grantee is resolved to its own IRS returns. Association, dated; never a causal claim.

1
Load-bearing (≥25% of a budget)
1
Early backer (in before they grew)
22/22
Grantees still filing
10/22
Grew since first funded

Where the money sits, by cause and then by grantee

ALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $235,000 · EducationALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATIONUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $110,000 · EducationUNIVERSITY OF DENVERChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $310,000 · HealthChildren's Hospital Colorado Fo…+2 more: $5,000 · HealthLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION DBA THE MIZEL INSTITUTE: $45,000 · OtherLION GLOBAL FOUNDATI…MOREAU CATHOLIC HIGH SCHOOL: $40,000 · OtherMOREAU CATHOLIC HIGH…OLYMPIA COMPANIES SH CHARITABLE FOUNDATION: $35,000 · OtherOLYMPIA COMPANIES SH…Womens Leadership Foundation Inc: $20,000 · OtherWomens Leadership Fo…City of Lone Tree: $10,000 · OtherALL SOULS CATHOLIC PARISH (ARCHDIOCESE OF DENVER): $10,000 · OtherHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $10,000 · OtherOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $10,000 · Other+6 more: $27,500 · Other+6 moreSCHWEIGER RANCH FOUNDATION: $36,000 · Arts & CultureSCHWEIGER…LION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLION GLOB…LONE TREE ARTS CENTER FUND: $20,000 · Arts & CultureLONE TREE…DENVER ART MUSEUM: $12,500 · Arts & CultureDENVER AR…NAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 · Arts & CultureNAVY SEAL…AMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $77,535 · PhilanthropyCOLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $70,000 · Food & NutritionThe Denver Children's Foundation: $20,000 · Human ServicesWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 · Human ServicesCROWNS OF COURAGE: $4,000 · Human Services
Education$345,000Health$315,000Other$207,500Arts & Culture$96,000Philanthropy$77,535Food & Nutrition$70,000Human Services$34,000

Each grantee by its size and the funder’s share of it; top left is load-bearing

25%50%75%100%$100k$1.0M$10M$100Mgrantee revenue →↑ funder's share of their budgetChildren's Hospital Colorado Foundation: $310,000 over 4y, 0.1% of budgetALLIANCE FOR CHOICE IN EDUCATION: $235,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetUNIVERSITY OF DENVER: $110,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetAMERICAN ONLINE GIVING FOUNDATION INC: $77,535 over 2y, 0.0% of budgetCOLORADO CATTLEMEN'S AGRICULTURAL LAND TRUST: $70,000 over 3y, 0.2% of budgetSCHWEIGER RANCH FOUNDATION: $36,000 over 3y, 8.6% of budgetThe Denver Children's Foundation: $20,000 over 1y, 1.5% of budgetLION GLOBAL FOUNDATION: $20,000 over 2y, 0.3% of budgetLONE TREE ARTS CENTER FUND: $20,000 over 2y, 13% of budgetWomens Leadership Foundation Inc: $20,000 over 2y, 39% of budgetDENVER ART MUSEUM: $12,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetWOUNDED WARRIOR PROJECT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetOPERATION HOMEFRONT INC: $10,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHIGH LINE CANAL CONSERVANCY: $10,000 over 1y, 0.2% of budgetNAVY SEAL FOUNDATION INC: $7,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetDouglas County Open Space Initiative: $5,000 over 1y, 8.2% of budgetCOURT APPOINTED SPECIAL ADVOCATE OF ORANGE COUNTY: $5,000 over 1y, 0.1% of budgetSLEEP IN HEAVENLY PEACE INC: $5,000 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetSENSE OF SECURITY INC: $5,000 over 1y, 2.2% of budgetCROWNS OF COURAGE: $4,000 over 1y, 1.7% of budgetBLOOD CANCER UNITED INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budgetHOPEKIDS INC: $2,500 over 1y, 0.0% of budget
Grantee by grantee: a decade per organization, before and after funding

A decade per grantee: revenue shaded, grants as bars, all rows on one timeline.

Co-funders

Grantmakers whose grantees overlap with this funder’s far more than size alone predicts. Closer means stronger alignment; arcs show where they also fund each other. Here they form a tightly interlocked group: most of these funders back each other's grantees too.

Colorado Gives Founda…Morgan Stanley Global…The Bank of America C…National Philanthropi…Vanguard Charitable E…American Online Givin…Donor Advised Charita…Fidelity Investments …Amazonsmile Foundation
Colorado Gives FoundationCO16.6× affinity6 shared granteesties to 8 of 8Hover any node to trace its alignments.Compare side by side →

Open a dossier: Colorado Gives Foundation · Morgan Stanley Global Impact Funding Trust Inc · The Bank of America Charitable Foundation Inc · National Philanthropic Trust · Vanguard Charitable Endowment Program · American Online Giving Foundation Inc · Donor Advised Charitable Giving Inc · Fidelity Investments Charitable Gift Fund · Amazonsmile Foundation

How this is measured
Affinity is a Gamma-Poisson posterior co-funding rate, re-centered on the typical rate, so thin evidence shrinks toward no signal. Overlap is association, not proof of shared intent.

How much its grantees rely on government

Each dot is one organization Century Communities Foundation funds: left to right is the share of its income from government, bottom to top the share from Century Communities Foundation. Bigger dots raise more.

2023
’20’21’22’23’24’25
no gov · 20%3%10%23%40%funder's share of their income ↑0%8%15%22%30%share of the org’s income from government →
    no gov moneyreceives it· size = income
    2get no government money at all
    4report government grants on their 990 we could not trace to a source (not plotted)
    0rely on government for over half their income
    ⤢ axis zoomed · 0–30%
    typical government reliance, FY20–25
    How this is measured
    Government income is each org’s traced federal awards (USASpending grants and contracts) plus state payments (open checkbooks) as a share of its total revenue (IRS Form 990); the self-reported government-grant line (990 line 1e) is carried for cross-check: a grantee that reports government grants we could not trace to a source is left off the chart rather than shown as receiving none. An association, not a claim that a grant caused the public funding. Coverage is precision-first, a floor rather than a census; state records exist for 9 states, so a grantee outside them shows no state figure (dimmed) rather than a false zero. Federal award amounts are obligations, which can span years, so a single-year share is indicative. 990 filings lag 12 to 24 months.
    05Through Plinth

    Warm introductions · Powered by PlinthPlus

    How do I get to Century Communities Foundation?

    Find your warmest path to Century Communities Foundation through trustees and officers whose names appear on both boards. Search for your organization and Plinth traces the shortest route it can evidence.

    Each link is a name appearing on two organizations’ public IRS 990 filings, matched on that name and, where the filings support it, on location. A same-state match has geographic support, which is a second matching feature rather than confirmation that the two are one person; a cross-state one is the likeliest to be two people who share a name. Every hop shows its tier, low-confidence and distant paths are held back rather than guessed, and it is worth confirming the person before you use the introduction.

    On method. Every financial figure here is read from IRS e-file XML, the funder’s own 990/990-PF, and from the multi-year returns of the 29 grantees we resolved, each linked to its source. Grantee outcomes are each organization’s own program-service reporting (Form 990, Part III), read as association with funding, never as caused by it. Low-confidence name matches are suppressed rather than guessed. How we build these →

    How this is measured
    Each figure carries one of six labels. Filed is what the funder reported on its return. Official is another government record about an organization, such as a federal award or a charity register, joined by name where no shared identifier exists. Resolved is an identity we worked out where the filing named a recipient without an EIN, kept only above a measured confidence threshold. Computed is arithmetic over those, like themes, portfolio clusters and co-funder strength. Context is a statistic about a place rather than about an organization, which is what the need overlay is: it describes the area a grantee’s address sits in, not where its work lands. Inferred is drawn by a model from text, like the partnerships read out of public news and organization websites. Each is labeled where it appears.

    Generated from the IRS Form 990-PF e-file return for fiscal year 2025, released 2025. Filings run roughly 12 to 24 months behind; figures are dated accordingly.

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